Improvements to Elgin interchange nearly complete

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority spokesman Jack Damrill says the interchange improvements began July 9 and were supposed to be completed by Nov. 6. However, Damrill says, design issues and bad weather caused a more than four month delay in the project.

Damrill says the project should be complete in the new few days.

Damrill reportedly said that the Elgin interchange has one of the highest traffic counts in the area. Ten years ago, the interchange saw about 100 vehicles per day. Now that number is 3,200 daily vehicles.

Damrill says the new lanes added in the improvement project should ease traffic backups that are common during rush hour.